His imagination swelled rapidly in an instant. He’d make Dohyuk take his cock in that mouth, which was much narrower than expected, and while he was at it, thoroughly rub his foot between Dohyuk’s legs as he lowered his posture. Make him come once inside his drawers, then coax the limp Dohyuk to the bedroom and into that hole that would obviously still be softly loosened from being tormented all night last night…
“…It’s fine. It’ll cool down once I drive.”
“Hm?”
Perhaps interpreting something from Junseo’s face, which had strangely stiffened from scraping together all the patience he’d carefully saved without using since childhood, Dohyuk’s expression darkened a little. Exhausted from the patience he’d never practiced in his life, Junseo, who hadn’t properly noticed Dohyuk’s state, barely managed to raise the corners of his mouth and answer kindly.
“You keep spilling because you can’t swallow it cleanly, hyung… Let’s do it properly when I get back.”
Even when Junseo, who had neatly reorganized himself in the bathroom, appeared and kissed Dohyuk’s lips with smacking sounds, Dohyuk couldn’t escape his shock.
It was the first time Dohyuk had been refused sexual contact by Junseo.
[Suddenly going out and about, and you don’t like going together either?]
He’d only answered Seah’s message asking what he was doing with ‘just by myself.’ Dohyuk had no idea how the situation had already been distorted to that extent.
“No, it’s not going out and about, I’m going to the lab where my real older brother is, so this…”
[Real older brother or whatever, you asked to go together and got rejected, right?]
“That’s because he was worried I might still be hurting.”
[Ahjussi, are you still hurting? Why is an Esper so fragile! When I went to the dungeon last time and was carried to the recovery room, I was out in two days!]
Dohyuk’s secret had been quietly discarded, and only a few people knew that secret. Of course, not telling Seah and Seungmin wasn’t because he didn’t trust them. Dohyuk didn’t want to see them grieve over a past that had already passed.
“Be careful in dungeons. B-class dungeons are dangerous when you’re a rookie. What would have happened last time if the Esper dispatched with you hadn’t been Park Seungmin? Do you know how shocked I was at dawn?”
[You’re nagging again about something that’s already over. I got it, I’m doing well now! Guide Kwon Jihun said I seem to be on par with experienced Espers at this level.]
“Jung Seah! Never let your guard down inside a dungeon. I’m not joking, I’m being serious.”
In the end, it was Seah who raised both hands at Dohyuk’s reaction, which was utterly serious about work matters. Only after Seah obediently answered that she understood did she blurt out the words she’d been itching to say.
[Isn’t Junseo oppa going through a slump in the relationship?]
“…What?”
[Actually, meeting his real older brother is all a lie. Who goes to meet their real older brother twice a week? From Seoul to Gangwon-do.]
He was now simply dizzy from the continuing barrage.
“No, don’t say weird things.”
[The person who hated being apart from ahjussi so much is doing that, so it’s even weirder. No, remember I told you before about that bastard senior who was dating? That senior’s current lover kept saying they were going on business trips, but it turned out they were cheating.]
Dohyuk rebutted again.
“Junseo isn’t that kind of kid. And why does that senior person keep meeting only those kinds of people?”
[They prioritize looks, and those people keep living up to their looks.]
If something like ‘looks price’ existed, Dohyuk, who had the most expensive lover in the world by his side, closed his mouth. Taking advantage of that gap, Seah added.
[Should I roughly tell you the checklist my senior gave me? First, once they leave, they’re out of contact for almost half a day or more, yes or no.]
“That’s because he’s driving…”
Dohyuk answered reluctantly.
[Second, when they go on business trips, contact is rare, yes or no.]
“He went all the way there to meet his real older brother, so wouldn’t he need time to talk? He looks so tired when he comes back once. And he comes back relatively early. He doesn’t even stay out overnight.”
[Even if you’re dead tired, you send at least one message to your lover, you know? And when I say anything, he nitpicks all kinds of weird things saying you’re not lovers but a married couple, yet he neglects ahjussi?]
It seemed Seah wanted to take this opportunity to get revenge on Junseo, who she’d found irritating, rather than genuinely suspecting him.
“Neglect…”
It’s not quite neglect. It’s only a day. Originally he had no thoughts about it, but today that thing… being rejected… just seemed a bit strange. Even when Dohyuk tried hard to refute, he couldn’t easily open his mouth, caught up in Seah’s words being fired precisely. It was when Dohyuk, who had been sitting on the living room sofa, only sighed and buried his upper body halfway into the sofa listlessly.
[It’s one hundred percent, one hundred percent. This won’t do. I’m coming to ahjussi’s house right now! Get ready to go out!]
“What…? Seah? Seah? Aren’t you busy today?”
Dohyuk opened his mouth urgently, but no answer came from beyond the already disconnected phone.
Had even an hour passed like that?
Tap tap tap.
There was a sound of knocking on the window. Dohyuk headed to the balcony in despair at Seah’s behavior pattern that didn’t differ even an inch from his expectations. Seah, who had roughly thrown on a large hoodie that came up to her thighs and leggings, was floating in midair with a monotonous face.
“…I’m going crazy, Seah. When are you going to use the door?”
The moment Dohyuk opened the large window, Seah, who leaped inside, stepped on the floor while holding her removed shoes in her hand.
“Then I’d have to wait from the front door. I hate taking the elevator too. It’s narrow and stuffy.”
“All people live that way…”
When Dohyuk closed the window, the wind that had been blowing into the house with Seah calmed down. Seah looked Dohyuk up and down, then stood crookedly and only frowned.
“Hmm, first we need to go to a hair salon.”
“What?”
“Why is your hair so shaggy? Just because you’re somewhat good-looking doesn’t mean you can use it carelessly! That’s why you’re living under Junseo oppa’s oppression. Do you know he goes to the dermatologist regularly? Don’t you get esthetics together or anything?”
“I went together once, but I was too awkward so I couldn’t go… But calling him ‘that guy.’ Junseo is five years older than you.”
“It’s not even cursing, so why?”
Last time they fought childishly saying Junseo introduced some weird person—was this the aftermath of that incident? Feeling like only Junseo would get cursed at more if he stirred things up, he closed his mouth. Seah, who had been staring intently at everything from Dohyuk’s hair to his skin condition while checking, pushed both hands into her hoodie pockets and began to scan even Dohyuk’s outfit.
A clean solid-colored t-shirt and long cotton pants. It wasn’t an outfit he’d dressed up flashily with intent, but he was such a good clothes hanger that just wearing things neatly gave him presence. But in Seah’s eyes, it was lacking.
“Don’t you have many casual clothes?”
“I only wear combat uniforms, so just a few shirts for going to work and training clothes and such…”
“You’re on extended leave. Didn’t you go shopping while going out to play?”
“I’ve only been at home.”
“Only at home the whole time?”
Four months had already passed since that day. At first, it was hard to even move his body. After spending about a month and a half just focusing on recovery and checking his condition, it had now been well over two months since he’d returned to the officetel with Junseo.
Except for Junseo’s inexplicable lab visit schedule, they’d been stuck together every day. Even though staying only at home should have been boring, each day was so special for Dohyuk that he was puzzled about when time had flown by like this.
Dohyuk, who had been blankly reminiscing about the short past, raised his head at a doubt that suddenly rose.
What if it hadn’t been Junseo?
Looking at Seah’s expression of ‘is that even possible? Aren’t you suffocated?’, Dohyuk fell into anxiety for the first time. His heavily furrowed eyes turned toward Seah.
“…Am I in a really weird state right now? Is it that bad?”
“It’s much better than ugly guys trying to dress up, but first do something about your hair. Setting aside the current length, the color has all faded so it’s splotchy. Junseo oppa is super sensitive about these things, didn’t he help you maintain it?”
“……”
There was no way Junseo, who lived with “pretty” and “cute” on his lips whenever he saw Dohyuk, would have touched on such things. That was why Dohyuk had only thought his appearance was fine until now. Perhaps glimpsing their world of two from Dohyuk’s silence, Seah asked another question with a fed-up face.
“No, then… why did you even dye it if you weren’t going to maintain it properly? This color does suit you well, but still, it doesn’t seem like something ahjussi would have done on your own.”
“I don’t know. Before coming to Seoul, I got my hair trimmed in Busan… The salon staff did it for free. Instead they took pictures…”
“Pictures? Front-facing too? Where did they say they’d post them?”
“Yeah.”
“Using an A-class Esper as a model and only giving free dyeing as a service? Give me the name of that salon!”
“……”
It was chaotic. Seah, who had been pressing the already dazed Dohyuk, picked up a pair of Dohyuk’s sneakers from the entryway and urged Dohyuk again. Even though it wasn’t an out-of-season cartoon, Dohyuk didn’t have time to properly collect himself as he was led by Seah’s hand straight out the window. He only realized he’d left even his cell phone sitting on the sofa after quite a long time had passed.
Meanwhile, Dohyuk moved busily like a doll led by Seah’s hand. He thought they’d go to a hair salon first, but it was the department store first. Upon arriving at the department store, Seah, befitting a high-income Esper, showed a consumption tendency that was far from lenient. Even though she’d just roughly thrown on a hoodie and leggings herself, she picked out several pairs of shoes and belts for Dohyuk at the luxury goods section. When she swiped an amount exceeding ten million won in a lump sum, the staff became more desperately kind by the second. After leaving the luxury goods section, the two continued shopping while going up floor by floor.
